China launches internet satellites on 600th mission of Long March rocket

China's Long March rocket family now has 600 flights under its belt. A Long March 8A lifted off on Wednesday (Oct. 15) from Wenchang Space Launch Center on the island of Hainan at 9:33 p.m. EDT (0133 GMT and 9:33 a.m. local time on Oct. 16). The mission, which successfully lofted a batch of satellites for the Guowang broadband network, was the 600th ever for a Long March rocket. More

(Source: Space.com - Oct 20)